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“But the thing is, my stomach ache is all messed up because i, er, forgot my wallet at home, man” (Alexie 126)

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“‘Can i ask you something big?”’  ‘“Yeah i guess.”’“‘Are you poor?”     “I couldn’t lie to her anymore.”

“Yes, I  said. I am poor.” (Alexie 127)

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“Everybody on the rez calls me a retard everyday” (Alexie 4)

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‘“I was the kind of idiot that got punched hard in the face by his best friend. Bang! Rowdy punched me. Bang! I hit the ground Bang! My nose bled like a firework”’ (Page 54)

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“He knew that i was afraid of getting beat up. And he also   knew that he’d probably have to fight for me. Rowdy protected me since we were born” (Alexie 17)

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“None of those guys punched me or got violent. After all, I was a reservation Indian, and no matter how geeky and weak i appeared to be, I was still a potential killer.” (Alexie 63).

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Everybody on the rez calls me a retard about twice a day. (Alexie 4)

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Other kids, they beat me up when I cry. Sometimes they make me cry so they can beat me up for crying. (Alexie 41)

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“Hey, Chief,” “Roger said.” You want to hear a joke?” “Sure,” “I said.” “Did you know that the Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo?” (Alexie 64)

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Other kids, they beat me up when I cry. Sometimes they make me cry so they can beat me up for crying. (Alexie 41)

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White Indian split picture (Alexie 57).

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“And what's more, our white dentist believed that Indians only felt half as much pain as white people did, so he only gave us half the Novocain.” (Alexie 2)

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“Poverty= empty refrigerator + empty stomach” (Alexie 8).

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“But we reservation Indians don't get to realize our dreams.” (Alexie 13)

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“Yes, I was a terrible fighter. I was a human punching bag” (Alexie 62).

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No. I have to do this” (Alexie 54).

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¨Ï drew a cartoon of Rowdy and me the way we used to be¨(Alexie 102)

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“It sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor. You start believing that you're poor because you're stupid and ugly. And then you start believing that you're stupid and ugly because you're Indian. And because you're Indian you start believing you're destined to be poor. It's an ugly circle and there's nothing you can do about it.” (Alexie 13)

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“If I'd been stronger, I would have stood up to her. I would have called her names. I would have walked across the room and slapped her. But I was too broken” (Alexie 175)

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“My sister is running away to get lost, but I am running away because I want to find something” (Alexie 46).

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¨Where is hope, I asked. ¨Who has hope?¨(Alexie43)

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“After all, I was a reservation Indian, and no matter how geeky and weak I appeared to be, I was still a potential killer” (Alexie 63).

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“They were filled with hope” (Alexie 50)

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"You've been fighting since you were born [...] You fought off that brain surgery. You fought off those seizures, you fought off all the drunks and drug addicts. You kept your hope. And now, you have to take your hope and go somewhere Sere other people have hope." (Alexie 43)

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“But aside from Rowdy, and my parents and sister and grandmother, nobody would miss me” (Alexie 16).

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I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats. (Alexie 6)

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“I was born with water on the brain” (Alexie 1).

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The picture where he called different names like chief, tonto, sitting bull and squaw boy. (Alexie 63)